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UH4T PEOPLE TBINK And sly.
A PROTEST FROM A CITY TEACHER

Tofbe Edftor Of The TrfbuHe.
slp: My attention has been called to letter ron
suner,n,epdcnt C. l. surdam which recently appeared
in your paper As a member OF the Teachers Mutual
IMPROVEMENT Society. permit me to state Re" OF the
reasons for Directing the State License bill now peh"
ing in the Assembly In the first place opposed 1t on
, orpd that II gives one man. and that politician,
too much power The state superintendent oil fubhc
Instruction desires be the judge over the QUALIFICATIONS
of all the teachers this State "a Yet we nave not
Leard OF any examination 10 ascertain his qnaihcauoh
for filling such an important Office. Secondly, inc
cachcrs az ths city have already passed an eNailhh
on much more difficult than any yet issued by tc Hh"
Office. therefore there u no neei 10 SUE
fo, tLem 10 the ANNOYANCE and indgniy OF teehanl
nation al the caprice OF die superintendent Ibo PI"e
made by our society has been followed BY similar
onsrauces from sixteen other cities In THIS Stc INC
insinuaons against the efficiency Of the city teachers
are not worth noticing. ,... ,..,,.a, .,,,r,.,
SOCIETY.
Netr York, March 49, 1887.
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resolution thanking Mr. Cullom for his untrng enorts
etc. regret their haste in the premises Mr. Ruby intro
duced bill reducing passenger rates from three TO TWO
cents per mile and others Of similar nature Will follow
1t would seem, therefore, II the calling in OF ANIMALS
would play with railroad interests far as Legs
atIres are concerned Nothing but passes and lots or
them have held numerol lawmakers in line"
Forty representative merchants and manufacturers OF
citation for the purpose OF resisting the railroads the ad-
vancement OF The mileage of commercial taNsers. ino
speakers meeting favored the idea OF selecting one
Eastern and Western road TO do their business anu
bOycOttng all the rest. -, c,. ,.
The statement Is made today tpst ,he Palway
Company. The purchase price Is saa I" ha'e ''on
$i,500O00
Bosroy March 1sIp the case OF Charles T. Foster, OF
Quincy against the Old Colony Railroad tor Injuries a'
the Dorchcserave crossing South Boston, year ago.
finding has been filed in the superior Court In FAVOR Oh
the plaintiff OF S2O,7l5
ALBANY March ls.-The Assembly received q long
opinion from Attorney General OBren stating thas INC
New England and Southwestern Railway Company mad
no right to build a bridge the Hudson RIVER at
Storm King Mountain
MONTREAL, March Is (spectaD.-The charges OF con
spiracy against former directors OF the Montreal rort
land and Boston Railway Company came up before tue
Police Court this afternoon Mr. OIalloran, @ e., one
OF the directors presented motion to have the charges
quashed the ground that no offence at law was GUM
mitted. Decision the motion was Withheld
COLUMBUS ohio, March 1s tSpeeiab-The Ohio Board
OF Tax Remission today decided big tax case brought
from Cincinnati The decision is that railroad STOCKS
wned In Ohio taxable although they may be foreign
stocks OF road doing business In Ohio Ihe decision
affects several wealthy residents OF Cincinnati holders
OF Pttsburg Fort and Chicago and other stock
The OF back which will be
10 100000
TRENTON, March ls-The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
many has ordered the substitution OF iron bridges Tor
wooden ones wherever the latter exist on Its system Oh
lines
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Should be read DAILY W AL ih'orcssc ~ onsnsos may
itsrs Tor foreign countries need not DO specially al
oy ANY particular steamer eAoops men
specially aidross,i Deia5 SCAT " us
txste vessels ..,.. u...h 10 ILL .t...
Foreign mails for the week endins harcn 10 Whcio
,nron,nIiy In Ali cases) At tnis . 400 - fJuo~S
Y-At a. m the West Indies via 80. Thomas
ava Barbaioes Brazil amt tho La Plata countries aud
shl VIA Brazil per steamship Advance. frou Ne~port
f1ais Henderson from Tampa. at 1880 IN. u
rope per steamship Vmbria, VIA Queenstown
aett.rs for france. Germany, &C, must 70
dirscod "per Umbria1; at 1880 NJ for France d.
~ for the Netherlands llreet, steamship ". A.
rotterdam (etters must 10 diroceoi poe
W A. scnolteu"l IL a. for jamaica per steamship
Edith Godden at III m Tor 1ermsy. oso' pos
Great Britain and other n ropean oounres " 70 "a
reced per Eider at a. tor tsss ,ass
mar Nederland VIA Ans"o'pV'ss''' ANss W
directed "per NedoriAha -
suNpAY-At $50 y IN y" Oh fio''" 'Aita''"a' pos
at.ansr from HaiitaA.
N srsu, close hoee March III ~ y N
Mis- for sandwich Islands, per steamship Austria
la iron franelscol. close mere AAioa "a A. N
Mails lor the society Islands per snip .frope bra
Mails Australia New Zealand. sand wicn tlli ana 81
moan steamship Alameda lfrom San francie
go so s stsa@.np Ger with British mas Tor Aus.
traal Malls for caba. BY ran 70 rampA fA ana tLence
by stoamer via koy West Fla, close ~ tAs omoe aAV
at230A ~ tr
s1ns schedule Of closing q TransPaoinc ms'is " ~
ranged the presumption 81 ther
transit san Francisco Malls from shs nsss -
ms At the dag Of sain8 " seesmsss ~
dispatched thence tho az @ PEARSON rsssassA
Post once NswYork. n Z. March IL iSs''
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IJf5fl.


u.prrv- A. har residence Is t.srist Hr,,ayl r. y
Thar.d.y evening. March H. 1881 Josephine >. wife st
rSDsrsi services Sunday March 20 40 n at Tho resi-
dence BrookIyn aud Monsy 2ss Az p az ~ a. rS
rn rsIasDip az APh hsaah
Phads phs and Pottstown Penn. papers please cory.
yssy &. a Ma 5as.pS Hart OF D''a
.er1s. At her sts Valley Sat
Tnn eayss New christopher and Barclay s
HAyIIASDA msa.ss gs,a az, March E. y
Funeral from the Friends Meeting Purchase West
CARRIAGES the o train from
Grand Central Depot
illness Mary E w aapSn q ai f. aa and
daughter Of the late Alexander Moore, Of wBrunswek
a sSs rss
bsd:st. on saturday morning. at haii-past 10 ft
New Brunswick. N. j, papers please copy.
JENNINGs-At Fairfield, Conn.,. Thursday evening March
snSs ss sls To Ss @
Or s srys 81 S train a
LANGFoRD-on Thursday March az HIS late residence.
46 Grand.ave Brooklyn James Ii. Langord IN tho ga
Funeral services will the above residence on sun
,S day; MarG n1, 20 st2p~ m
LANTz-A. Mt Vernon. n. y: March u. Susan Van SAINT
Funeral services Monday March q. al p m athsr late
Train 2l9 New. Haven railroad.
LEvERIcaon Thursday March T. Anna " LsvsrieA
Relatives and friends are the funeral fro.
her late residence l24 Madisonsye,on saturday aiter
at o'clock.
New Orleans papers please copy.
OLCOTT-On Friay IA. 1887. NJ his residence Ma
Ill 18th john n. Ocoit IN the 1sd year oil hls
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
PAUI-suddeny OF pneumonia az Belvdere y. j. March
IL 1881 j. Marshall Paul. M D., In the 45th year of M
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend his
funeral his late residence Monday, March "a atz
p m. -
PLATT-At Paris France. Friday morning. March la
C,rhtu yfe of nsrQz ATT An
late Richard w. Hoe.
RYDER-suddenIy. pneumonia. Friday. March ls line
Funeral will be hell At the residence OF her daughter
Mrs Osborne G. Ryder, Summtst. East orange. y: -
Monday, March 81 on arrival oil loiV TRAIN from Ne"'
York
sHERwooD-on Thursiay. March Il, John H. Sherwood
in the 72d year OF his age 80 - nj.
Funeral services late residence Sixth Avenue Bons
ward and ll5th-st sunday. March 90 at p M
Interment at Greene. Chenango CO., " r.
sICKLEs-On March II. at New. Rochelle NY, George
Funeral sunday 2Oth ust at w. at his se fesencs
I'm New Rochelle.
Kane Lodge No 4ai and Irguenot Lodge. No A. r. ana
a. NJ. are cordially Invited
sMITH-Annie A. Friday, March ID 1887. Annie weo
Elisha Liverpool, England and daughter OF John
Relatives aud friends invited to attend the funeral
her fathers residence, - W est l5ths on "n
day morning AT 10 O'Clock.
Kindly omit flowers
wEEKs-At Nottawa Prairie, october 0. 1885, Johns
Weeks aged to years
wEsrERvELT-At Paterson, y. J., March II. 1851 Amelia
Weservelt, widow of tho ate Ealph r. "es'ef'
welt. -. -. 80
Inierment at the convenience OF the family
YoUNG-on March 1G. 1887, James Young In his 1ith
Funeral saturday March 10. at o'clock BIB Iaiayeeave
Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-19

ICE DAMS AND FLOODS IN THE MISSOURI RIVER
BISMARCK, ID. T.. March 18.-Tho wasbburn gorge
broke last night and early this morning the river began
TO rise rapidly. gorge was formed below the city.
ice carried everything with 1t and struck the
house OF the Northern Pactc-ODe Of the largest
world The workmen narrowly escaped drowning The
warehouse which Is nearly 700 feet IN length, was
moved bodily thirty feet and sent crashing against
the bluffs The loss of the building will BIO 81 700
The meadow south OF Bismarck comprising 6OO0 acres
is now lake aud the ice is flowing over the newly made
this body Of surplus water at the rate OF ten
miles The river at this point. which Is usually
threequarers of mile wide, is now over six miles In
width. The Northern Pacific trains Will be unable 10
the for several days superintendent Graham
attempted 10 20 Mandan but the water on the west
side OF the river flowed four feet deep over the track ana
and the fires Ia the engine were put out Manda "a SUD
merged and the people In the lower part oi the Town
have been moving to the upper part OF Their
All the small dwellings the banks OF The stream nave
been swept away destroyed and tho steamboats, lying
at Rock Ha,eD In danger. The nigh treste OF the
Northern Pacific at this point has been damaged Al
the channel which the river had cut across tue
prairie let the Ice and the river has since fallen
slowly but the worst has not The Ice went out at
Fort Buf0rd this morning. with rise OF thirty foo The
highest his food will not reach here until
Saturday
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MIS- FLInr B. wAsHRURNE.

CHICAGO. March IL (Specidh.-5irs Adele Gratiot
washburnc wife OF the Hon. Elhu B. Washbnrne. died
nj $50 O'Clock this morning at the fremont House Dur
ing the winter she had enjoyed comparatively good
health but on March she attacked with inhamma-
tiou OF the stomach she rallied little during the week,
but Yesterday she suffered relapse she had made ar
rangemens to Join husband at Hot Springs, Ark but
her departure was prevented by sickness.
Mrs washburne was the daughter OF Colonel Henry
Gratot and niece OF Colonel CHARLES Gratot Chief En-
rneer OF the United States Army and of Pierre Chau-
team IT, OF 81 Louis long manager OF the American Fur
COMPANY She was born IN September. 1926, near
Galena ILL., her father having removed from ST. Louis
shortly before educated Mt the Sacred
Hart Academy at Kaskaski H. and in July lSi5. she
was married to Mr. Washburne. Mrs. Washbnrne was
with her husband in his sixteen years OF
service in Congress and for eight years while he was
Minister 10 France Since their return from Paris they
have heen living in Chicago where Mrs. Washburne 4
abe character and grace OF manner had endeared her
to hosts of friends In all circles OF society.
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IJOUOR SHOPS THAT NEED WATCHING

To the Edff0r OF The Trtbnne.
SIR l. with many other OF your readers rejoice TO
the strong ground you take in favor oigh License and
hope pray that your efforts TO have the bill passed
will be successful If there is anything that is injuring
the men OF ewYork. and especially the young 1t
/. the rum shops In this city On the blocks from Thir
Fifteenth st in Sixthavc there are ten places
In which liquor is publicly sold every day In the week
and only OF these places is closed sundays Two
OF them places OF the lowest kind, where women are
allowed IN and drink. both day and night, and both
IN close proximity TO one OF the largest dry goods
houses in the city, and therefore source Of great
temptation 10 the thousands employed therein In fact,
from my own knowledge several have been ruined and
lost their situations OF these places Keep
In the good work, aid may be successful and
ceive the thanks OF thousands q. 4. L.
Neic- York, March IL, 1897.
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HELD FOR THE MURDER OF JIMINEz.

Fleet steele a Of the we.known naval constructor.
Robert Steele night by Captain
Breenan Of brooklyn charged with striking the fatal blow
that killed Charles j. Jminez one OF the members OF the
of OF Redecme IN tourst. Bro0ky D.
was arranged before Justice Naeher YESTERDAY Joseph
Middaton lie ter known Happy Joe the peman. Els
worth r. Finn James Preston and Frederick Maner were
held as The Justice committed the
County jail without bail Tor examDatiV iOllce captain
BrssnsD yesterday that the police had been mseo ~
fs estmony of Joe Middleton and Michael Flynn. his
who testified at the Coroneis inquest tsl
they found Jninez the sidewalk ia front ~ oe9is SO
o,eoss At and DeDbsm place bleeding
from the head They took him TO drug u.
No IS Broad his injuries Dressed put lett MN
there asleep the druggist reused to dress tne
Middleton well to the police always pore an
exec lent statement not disbeeye
police said steele and his friends got Middleton
hch he told 10 the Coronerb Jury
Fleet Steele THU old and lives at NO II hoss
ct He 10 employed a. plumber In the Navy Yard.
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" j. M4OKLIy ARRESTED AGAIN.

Walter j. Mackn. alias Arthur Moore age twentys
living Ut Z79 Mulberryst, taken before justice
smith In the Tombs Yesterday charges Of grand
larceny This appearance In court on criminal
charges HIS present trouble arises IRON presenting nrat
purpoftng have been drawn by Charles T. IL Harrison on
the bank j. I. brakeman Co, OF Great Bend Kan LOT
eIO which Nsckn Endorsed and got Frederick Schmdt
Of No l3 Ceirest. to cash The dra was returned as
worthless and The Endorsement OF te pahk
The charge Tor handing certificate TO James
T. Bechte OF No 81 Mas security Tor loan OF 80
winch certifcate tated W. Foster the
ssssor OF shares worth $40 each In the Illinois
Magnetic Company The certificate Is signed by
Poster Sing sing for swntng as president
company Justice smith held Ma kim in 5000 on each
charge Ihe prisoner has had something OF career as
member OF gaug OF sw!ndlers who gave out circulars and
Merchants estate agents and land
brokers having Offices at No rs Nassaus No 10 Centre ST.
and No 100 Niliamst. They at time rcaped large
harvest q the Land and improvement Company.
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r.rr1yG OyLABOR TO YALE MEN.

The fifth social meeting for the season of the Yale
Alumni Association Of this city took place last night at
Demonico's. Some fifty members We're present who en-
loved themselves informally during the first part OF the
evening listening 10 an interesting address
by Professor Henry W. Farnam, OF the Shoted Sclenne
School on The Industrial Bugbear" General Joseph
jackson presided The treasurer reported that he had
on hand $500 SO. The plans OF the gymnasium 10 De
erected New-IIaven which is TO cost sloooo were
exhibited and mented favOrably. Professor ar
MANS address covered labor organization He remarked
the beginning that he had for one text certain well
known letter OF Mayor Hewitt TO the Young Mems Dem
ocratc Club OF Brooklyn, and for another magazine
article by proiessoravorng trades unions lie showed
the ancient OF labor organizations In the dlHcr
ont forms under the Roman Empire, in Paris, Germany
down later times in England ara America In the Ola
Organizations he traced in some cases precisely the same
features exist to-day. such the boycott Inc
trades unions country, he said. must have existed
almost in England for in 1894 the shoemak
ers of Philadelphia had union that drove away n
scab aud ms employer by genuine boycott me
unions here differed Ia few respects from those IN Eng
land. But the Knights of Labor something new
AMI broader that they Disseminated against only nFe
callings trying to substitute cooperation Tor
the wage system. Legislation here lie thought, had been
about right for II neither confirmed nor suppressed or
gaDiZei labor.
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TAKING STOCK IN A BOGUS COMPANY.

PHILADELPHIA, March Is (Spec'aD Lyman H. Abrams
and Jacob Erb held for trial to-day py 'uus0 oo
rr oo,s,iracv Tho testimony OF Henry d. Halves. OF
M - Hroadwsv New-York was In effect, that year
ago he was induced by the defendants to Join win the
in the organization OF the Metropolitan Oh henhhs
Company representing that they had patent ior new
process OF refining They pretended to snow pian' Oh
six acres for their refinery. but later the @ i
found that all they owned barrel ana low Jais'
chemist disclosed that the formula for refining was be
,ond aIl science ~ H. Lord. of No. 43 Wallst, New
~ 49, iestined that he was induced 10 invest over
10 900 I'm Inc aurora Standard OH Company, OF whch
Abrams was president without getting any return no
Ifts told tn Abrams was clergy man. ana thereiore
ton',t thnt nc vas honest james H. Thomas. OF New
nrk testified that lac was induced ny ABRAMS " 'u'
900 shares ia the Metropolitan Company.
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ALLEN-On Thursday 18th ns at tho residence OF Henry
Clement esq, Flushing l. l. Miss Agnes d. Aleu- aaugn
ter of the late Clark Allen OF Poughkeepsie. -,
be at the friends Burying GROUND Al wine
Duchess Co.. NJ " SAtur LAY, the iSth INST
ANDERsoN-At Passalo, n. j., March Ia 1887, W. s. An
derson In the Goth year OF his are .
Relatives nvitei 10 attend the funeral sat
urday March ID. at ~. from hs late residence 23o
D. III "a the First Reformed Churoh.
Trains the foot OF Chan bers ST. az IL m
Albany and Troy papers please COPY.
BONNkT-At New Rochelle y. Y, on Friday, March 10,
1887 Zalmon Bonnet, In tue S3l year OF his age.
Friends to attend his funeral on MONDAY 2ist
inst. ut noon. -,
Carriages the leaving NewYork ut 1000 q M
DAyIEs-John NJ Davies his residence 81 West ooths
Friday. March g. 1881.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
pUNKs-At Flint Mich. 18th inst, Rachel j., wne OK
Charles h. Dunks. late Of this city.
Burial At Detroit -, =,
FIEID-At Washington, D. c. on Thursday. March liz
John w. Field. aged ~ years.
FoUNTAISon Thursday March II, oussie eldest aausn
and en ds ars invited attend tho funeral ser
Al nor father residence 1913 East e2d st.. on SATURDAY
morning at 10 o'clock. -,
Interment tho convenience Of the family
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OIL SITED THE STEAMER FERNHoLME.
HANGING FOUR BAGS OVER THE SIDE IL A HEAVY
eLnRM-EI-NNING MO 4 sCMOONEE

HANGING FOUR BAGS OVER THE SIDE IL A HEAVY
srORM-BCNNING INTO 4 SCHOONER
OH bags did good service on board OF the BRUSH
tramp steamer Fernholme Oh her last trip from
Newport Eng. 20 Ncwlork Her officers and CIR"
report having had unusually severe weather. Inc
steamer sailed from Newport on February %. On
March u the barometer began to fan rapidly an'
tho wind rose 10 a cyclone. causing tho vessel To
labor heavily Ia tho fIiehtiul s'Is -Four bags Wen
ullrd with oil and Was hung from each DOW
and over each quarter when tho course Wt- changer
To run from tho crutro ui the cyclone. After THIS
homo Of tho seas brOhr tie vessel, but before
tine on used they threatened destruction 10 the
steamer.
IN, weather continued for three days when there
were signs Of mOdcrauug. but the hurricane broke
out afic-h and tho ship Was kept head 10 the sea.
Tao tempest continued without ahatlng for thrc"
days longer when the wind became lighter and the
sea. r---crited. Tho next day, however, tho. gale
blow with renewed vigOr AMI tho ship ab0rcd badly.
hut tho oil Kept tho soas from breaking on boani
II was not until Wednesday that the weather no Ter
afed again. The captain u-cd about thirty gallons
Of oil during the bad weather, but II saved The
vessel lie has used oil such occasions for several
years AMI always carrie, barrel Of II 10 sca for
cincrrencics OF this Kind. ON THURSDAY about
m tho steamer rin Into tho schooner 81 John. or
The hrht,hip aad had part Of hrr bul"arIs carried
av.av ard several iron plat~- broken 10. The
schoon"r Vas considerably damaged but wanted no
assistance.
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS

TRIBUNE OFFICE. March I9-i IA fall OF snow 100
light to measure. before dawn. coudnoss that most o
the time heavy enough to conceal the sum- continued
northwestery winds and slightly lower barometer were
yesterdays features The temperature ranged between
25o and 4lo. the 33SJ being 0Ao lower tnah
the corresponding day last and 3ss higher thah
on Thursday. =.
In ana near this city to-day there win probably DO
coudness followed by fair weather. and almost stnto
AIRY temperature. .-,.s 49,.
At present slightly warmer, fair weather. followed oy
coudness and possibly rain, indicated Tor sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-19

Congress at the last passed act providing for tho
appointment additional United States Circuit Court
Judge the district comprising the states Of New York
and Vermont There several applicants for
The Brooklyn friends OF Judge Mct az presented
without consulting Corporation Counsel iAooube
OF suggested his To tue President
The thought iavorb OF IT, and assered by those
position ~ know, that he wrote 10 Mr. IacOnDo
n II he would accept the place MT Lacoinbe was
goo deal surprised at tho nfct aud asked LOT short tme 70
Its believed that he will accept Tho salary Is
small compared with the he receives but the place
ia for e bill introduced in the last congress ming
the salary OF United States Circuit Court judges At sou
IL failed 10 Mr.. Lacombe reappoted Cooperation
Counsel by Mayor and his ~ Office will expire ON
May l. 1888 His present salary II $4,000. -,
The udgeshp created especially 10 clear away inc
accumulation OF Custom House business IN this DISTRICT MI
LacOmbe declined TO talk tho subject yesterday.
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SWEEPING RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

ST. LOUIS, March Is (SpeciaD. Tho railroads arc
greatly excited over the Moulton BILL whloh pssou o
House yesterday IL fixes rates 20 per cen. oo'o" Wv
rates now In force aud puts tho rates On ,n0
s,. colonel ralmape general manager OF the Wabash,
rron,c MANAGER Newman OF tho Missouri Pacific. ana
Manager Morrill, OF tho St Lou, and san FRANCISCO
called meeting on change today aud Appealed 70 'is
.archants 10 use their Influence against the DILL
salon followed and tho railroad men FOUND
,h, The exchange was committed to railroad legislation
Colonel Tamsge says that ruin awaits the ro" IL 'ne
h nnsses the cenate.